Improved curtain-fixture



llutrd gratte JOHN ,SHoREYgAND FREEMANA H. BUTLEaoF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO SAID SHOREY AND JOHN GRIFFITH, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters'Pater-tt N 98,307, dated December 28, 1869; antedatedDecembe 18, 1869.

nuprzovm CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

The vEchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

vTo all whom it may concern Be it known that we, J oHN SHOREY and FREE- MAN H. BUTLER, bothl of the city of Lowell, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Combination Friction and Balance Curtain-Fixture; and we do'hereby'tleclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 shows the xture complete.

y Airepresentsthe roller, towhich the curtain is attached, one end turning freely n the bracket P; the other end is glued into the pulley B;' the opposite end of the pulley B rests and turns in the crescent-shaped bearing o.

An end view of bearing o is seen in Figures l2, 3, and 4.

c care two pins or studs, projecting from the bracket e F.

D is a strip of leather, or other suitable material, with a hole punched in each end, so as to slip on the pins e c.

e, g.-3, is the upper,and F, the lower parts of the combination bracket. They are riveted together at 'the holes ce, so that F may be turned to the rightl or left. (See dotted lines 3 3, lig. 2.)

His an eye or staple, for thecord to pass through,i to prevent it getting off the pulley Fig. 3 shows the two parts of the bracket e F Separately, before riveting them together. v

Fig. 4 shows the lower part of the bracket F turned,

so as to bring the strap D down on the bearing ofthe pulley B, thus giving any required amount of friction to balance a light or heavy curtain. The fixture can be changed to a left-hand xture, by changing the strap D to lche other side of the crescent-shaped bearing o, audturning the eye H to the other side, as shown by dotted-lines in lig. 2. It can be used as a balance-:lixture, by taking oli' the strap D, and applyiugaweighted tassel to the cord. y

The advantages of the fixture are, theli'iction can be regulated to a light or heavy curtain, by turning the movable part F of the bracket up or down, thus tightening-or loosening the Strap D on the bearing of the pulley B. Throw away the strap D, and use it for a balance-fixture.'

What we claim as our invention, in improvement in curtain-fixtures, andwish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe friction-plates e and F, connected with the brackets,'strap D, eye or staple H, and pulley B, arranged as showngand described. 4

JOHN SHOREY. f FREEMAN H. BUTLER.

Witnesses:

J ULIAN ABBoT, GHAs. E. CARTER. 

